Society Lawyer (1939)
She was killed 40 floors above Park Avenue! Can you solve the crime in the clouds? (
77 min
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall who was arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and crime boss Tony Gazotti (a former client), Durant launches his own investigation of the murder in order to prove his friend's innocence.
- Release date
- March 21, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Walter Pidgeon as Christopher Durant
- Virginia Bruce as Pat Abbott
- Leo Carrillo as Tony Gazotti
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Jim Crelliman
- Lee Bowman as Phil Siddall
- Frances Mercer as Sue Leonard
- Ann Morriss as Judy Barton
- Herbert Mundin as Layton
- Frank M. Thomas as Lieutenant Stevens
- Edward Brophy as Max
Crew
- Edwin L. Marin · Director
- Frances Goodrich · Writer
- Albert Hackett · Writer
- Leon Gordon · Writer
- Hugo Butler · Writer
- John W. Considine Jr. · Producer
- Edward Ward · Composer
- George J. Folsey · Cinematographer
- Howard O'Neill · Editor